Ancillary Services

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PJM OC Briefs: Jan. 11, 2024
PJM reviewed comments it is jointly submitting with other RTOs on several proposed changes to EPA regulations during the Operating Committee meeting.
Calpine
ERCOT Faces State’s Insatiable Demand for Energy
ERCOT is focused on dispatchable resources to meet the ever-increasing demand for energy in Texas.
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PJM MRC/MC Briefs: Dec. 20, 2023
The PJM MRC and MC both endorsed a proposal to rework the regulation market to operate with a single price signal and two products provided by market sellers.
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FERC Upholds MISO Ban on Renewables Supplying Ancillary Services
FERC has reaffirmed that MISO can exclude renewable resources from providing ancillary services in its markets.
PJM
PJM MRC/MC Preview: Dec. 20, 2023
The PJM Markets and Reliability Committee will consider endorsement of two competing proposals to implement multi-schedule modeling, while the Members Committee will endorse representatives for the Finance Committee.
NYISO
NYISO BIC Stakeholders OK Modeling, Market Design
NYISO’s Business issues Committee approved testing of dynamic reserves, changes to the LCR optimizer, and new capacity accreditation rules.  
ERCOT
ERCOT Technical Advisory Committee Briefs: Dec. 4, 2023
ERCOT stakeholders have endorsed the grid operator’s proposed ancillary service methodology for 2024, but only after extracting a commitment from staff to bring the proposal back for further review.
PJM
PJM MRC/MC Briefs: Nov. 15, 2023
The PJM Markets and Reliability Committee endorsed new generation winterization requirements, followed by the Members Committee approving three changes to the stakeholder process.
NYISO
NYISO: Costs of Mitigation Tool Bug Negligible

NYISO said a market software problem identified this year in the day-ahead and real-time ancillary services markets had a negligible financial impact and did not result in any market manipulation.

Big River Steel
IMM Presses MISO for New Rules After DR Market Gaming
MISO’s Independent Market Monitor suggests demand response offer floors and attestations of expected levels of energy consumption in the wake of a steel mill’s gaming of the demand response market.

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